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G. MARSHALL & E. S. LAFPERTY.

H RSE COLLAR PASTENER. No. 824,136. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

WITNESSES 7a 06 W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GODFREY MARSHALL AND ERASTUS S. LAFFERTY, OF INDIANA, PA.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,136, dated August 11, 1885.

I I Application filed June ll, 1885. (No model.)

To (1. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GODFREY ll/IARSHALL and ERASTUS S. LAFFERTY, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Indiana, inthe county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Fasteners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements 'in collar fasteners, the same being designed more especially as an improvement upon patentdated May 27, 188i, and numbered 299,481, our present invention being designed to provide a horse collar lock or fastener which is made of but two parts and is cheap and simple in construction.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of my improvement. Fig. 3 is a modification, and Fig. 4 is also a modification, showing the horse-collar lock adapted for single straps.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the loop portion of the collar-fastener, which is formed integral with the loops a a, which are provided with projecting tongues a, which are attached to the rear cross-bars, b.

The loops a are each provided with a curved.

front portion, 1), and are connected to each other by a cross-bar, c, as well as the bar 0 of the loop A. The portions of the loops a and their connecting-bar are on the same plane with each other, while the side pieces of the loop A, which projects from the curved portions 7) of theloops a, is on the same plane for only a short distance, after which the aforesaid side pieces are curved downwardly, and are connected to each other by the cross-bar d, which is below the plane of the other portion of the fastener. The loops at a serve as buckles, and are adapted to receive the straps attached to one side of the collar.

D represents a cam-lever, which is made of 5 a single piece, said lever being bent and curved as shown, and the tongue 6 of said lever is of such a size that it may be readily passed through the loop A, so that the outer edges of the same will bear against the side pieces, 0, of the loop A, and the portion D is formed into a loop, f, which encircles the bent portion of the side pieces, from whence the ends are bent outwardly, as shown at g, the terminal portions being provided with knobs g. The ends of the straps attached to the collar are made fast to the portions 9 by looping the strap over the same and then stitching, while the opposite straps are passed through the loops a, the perforations therein being placed over the projecting portions a.

hen it is desired to fasten the ends of the collar together, the curved portion D is passed through the loop A, and the bard of said loop will slide along the under side of the curved portion until it reaches the bent portion f, when the parts will interlock with each other and the outward pressure will only have a tendency to throw the lever portion D against the collar, thus securing the parts firmly togetherc If desirable, the end of the lever may be united by a cross-bar, h, which is provided with a tongue, h, as shown in Fig. 2. This tongue will prevent the lever D being raised unless the same is first pushed backward, so as to pass the crossbar d.

When desirable, a swinging bail may be at tached to the ends of the bars 9 for the attachment of the strap, instead of connecting the same directly to said bar, such construction being fully shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

In Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings we have shown our improvement constructed so as to adapt it to be used upon collars having straps with a single tongue.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be readily seen that we provide a collar-fastening which is extremely simple in construction, and in which the parts are formed so that all the members of each part will be integral with each other.

WVe claim- In a collanfastener, the loop portion A, having supplemental loops at with projecting tongues a formed integral therewith, a crossbar forming the front portion of the main In testimony whereof we afiixoursignatures loop and located below the plane of the other in presence of two witnesses. members, in combination with the lever I),

having bent portions f f, adapted to partially 5 encircle the bar (I, and outward!y-projeeting portions g, the parts being organized, snb- Witnesses:

stantially as shown, and for the purpose set THOMAS MORITZ,

forth. GEO. TAIILER. 

